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amanda_in_pajamas Sep. 6th, 2009 12:54 am)
amanda_in_pajamas Sep. 6th, 2009 12:54 am)Title: The Empty Chair
Author: Jeffery Deaver
Number of Pages: 416
Genre: Mystery
Book Number/Goal: 49/50 in 2009
Review: Another thriller - very suspenseful and full of twists and turns, though I could have done without the last "surprise". I thought that was a bit much. Other than that, I thought it was another fantastic read. I especially enjoyed the character development and the insight of both Rhyme and Sachs that we are privy too.
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Title: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Author: Muriel Spark
Number of Pages: 150
Genre: Fiction
Book Number/Goal: 50/50 in 2009 - New Goal: 75 in 2009
Review: I recently read a quote from an interview with Dame Maggie Smith where she said that Minvera McGonagall was Miss Jean Brodie as a witch. Not having read or seen The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, I immediately put it on my to-read list. I have not yet ...seen the movie, but I did enjoy the book. The part that stuck me the most was Brodie's theory on education..."To me education is a leading out of what's already there in a pupil's soul." This is definitely a novella that I will come back to and read again (and again).
Author: Jeffery Deaver
Number of Pages: 416
Genre: Mystery
Book Number/Goal: 49/50 in 2009
Review: Another thriller - very suspenseful and full of twists and turns, though I could have done without the last "surprise". I thought that was a bit much. Other than that, I thought it was another fantastic read. I especially enjoyed the character development and the insight of both Rhyme and Sachs that we are privy too.
*~*~*
Title: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Author: Muriel Spark
Number of Pages: 150
Genre: Fiction
Book Number/Goal: 50/50 in 2009 - New Goal: 75 in 2009
Review: I recently read a quote from an interview with Dame Maggie Smith where she said that Minvera McGonagall was Miss Jean Brodie as a witch. Not having read or seen The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, I immediately put it on my to-read list. I have not yet ...seen the movie, but I did enjoy the book. The part that stuck me the most was Brodie's theory on education..."To me education is a leading out of what's already there in a pupil's soul." This is definitely a novella that I will come back to and read again (and again).
